Resources on social finance
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Publication
Social Finance Brief: Financial services to enhance resilience
13 November 2023
Banks, credit unions and microfinance institutions can boost the resilience and create a brighter future for vulnerable communities through innovative solutions. This brief explores in more detail such comprehensive services, including savings, insurance, emergency loans and financial education.
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Instructional material
Financial education for garment workers in Cambodia – Trainee’s booklet
05 June 2023
This trainee’s booklet, developed in partnership with Better Factories Cambodia, supports participants in the ILO Financial Education course. It targets workers in the garment factories in Cambodia who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also includes information on how workers can safely receive, access and use their wages through digital means.
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Instructional material
Financial education for micro, small and informal businesses in the Philippines – Trainee’s booklet
19 December 2022
This trainee's booklet on financial education targets primarily micro, small and informal business owners of the Philippines who wish to improve their digital money management. The booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. The trainee's booklet was produced under the “Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines” project, with the generous financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
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Instructional material
Financial education for national and migrant workers – Trainee’s booklet
13 October 2022
This ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, developed with support from Better Work Jordan, supports training participants throughout their learning journey. It primarily targets local and migrant workers, employed in factories of Bangladesh, who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also incorporates key messages on how workers could receive, access and use their wages safely through digital means.
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Instructional material
Financial education for national and migrant workers – Trainee’s booklet
13 October 2022
This ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, developed with support from Better Work Jordan, supports training participants throughout their learning journey. It primarily targets local and migrant workers, employed in factories of Jordan, who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also incorporates key messages on how workers could receive, access and use their wages safely through digital means.
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Instructional material
Financial education for refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities in Uganda – Trainee’s booklet
01 June 2022
This trainee’s booklet, developed in the context of the PROSPECTS project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, supports participants in the ILO Financial Education course. It targets refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities in Uganda who want to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance.
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Instructional material
Financial education for potential migrants and returnees in Ethiopia – Trainee’s booklet
01 December 2021
This trainee’s booklet, developed in the context of the Better Regional Migration Management project funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, supports participants in the ILO Financial Education course. It targets potential migrants and returnees in Ethiopia who want to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance.